Instrument for lifting hot pots and other utensil.



fl sfrn'rns PATENT onirica ALEXANDER AV-LTMANN;or.rifiniziinn'risrron'-ri,` New' innsnv.

' INSTRUMENT FOR LIFT-ING HOT "PTS AND Specification of Letters Patent.

Appncation inea March 23, 1911. serial -NaeiariiiiA OTHER UfrE-NsILiPatented Nev, i9, i912.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER ALTMANN', a subject .to the Empire ofAustriafHungar'y,

residing at 'Elizabethport, in the `county of Essex and StateofNewJerseyfhave invented a certain new and useful Improvement inInstruments forLifting Hot Pots and other Utensils, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for" lifting pots7 pans or othervessels and the coversv therefor.

The'object of the invention is toprovide a simple,inexpensive,4 durableand' etiicient device that may beinanipulated for the removal of coversfromipots, kettles or other-- vessels or for the-purpose of liftingvessels without "injuring the users handsand without danger of thedevice becoming accidentally detached either from the cover or thevessel whichever it, may"be desired to;

lift.

/Vith the 'above and other objects in view the presentinvention consistsin' the combination i and arrangement 'of parts hereinaftermore fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings;- 'and particularlypointed ont in the appended claims, it being understood that changes maybe made in the form proportion,- size and minor details withoutdeparting from the spirit or s acrificing any of they advantagesoftheinven# tion.A

In the drawings: Figure 1is' a perspective view of the invention showingits application in lifting a" cover.' Fig. 2 is a perspee;v

tive view ofthe device 'appliedv to a vessel for lifting the latter.Fig. 3 i's a view-'sim'ilar to Fig. 2 showing the" position ofthe lifterwhen it is desired to disengage'it'from the Vessel.' 4f is adetailperspective view ofone of the gripping members. My improved lifteris composed tpreferably of a single piece of wire or other suitablematerial bent in a peculiar manner and provided with a handle 5. yThewireor other material is preferably bent interme diate its ends to forma bight portioii'lO` from which extend legs 9 which terminate inconverging portions 8, said legs and converging portions forming a yoke.Tliee'x# tremitics 5 of the wire orother material are disposedpreferably parallell and secured'in the handle member 5, the connectionv(3T-6 between the Shanks or extremities' l5 being in the lform of loopsor grippingingers 7.

hingedly or--pivotally secured to said bight portion 10.

To use thefdevic'e `for lifting the'cover a from a vessel the fingersVlet of the. plate 13 .are caused to' engage under the knob 17 of 4thecover with the parts '9 of the hook resting. against'the annular rib'orrinrb of the cover. In this position the gripping memberl has itsrear'endcoperatingWit-h the gripping 1ingers7 'and bytheir engagementtherewith to provide for a positive lifting fof the cover whentheh'andle 5 isv grasped,

the pivotal connectionbetween the gripping L member 13 A.and the bightportion 1 0 of the. hook permitting#such engagement of thegripping-members.

` Whenthe device is used for lifting pots or vother vesselsthe gripping"fingers 7 engage the'innersurfacenf the vessel 12 while y the fingersofthe gripping members 13 engage the exterior surface of the vessel, as

shown in FigEZ, withthat end of the gripping member 13 opposite to thatwhich is bifurcatedengaged-under the rim l16 of the vessel. By thengrasping the handle 5 the lifter firmly grips the -vessel and the lattermay be lifted oif of a lstove or other place wthoiit accidentallyslipping from between v the'ingers of the lifter.

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To remove the lifter from the pot. it is only necessary to .slightlyturn the same so that it may assume the position shown in Fig. 3 when.it may be readily' disengaged from the vessel.

' From theforegoing-"it will be seen that IAprovide an efficient devicefor lifting hot vessels and also the covers thereof.

What is claimed isz. w.

' 1. A device of the character described i composed of a singlel pieceof wire bent in- .te'rmediate its ends to form a bight portion,

'legs extending from the bight portion and terminating in convergingportions, said legs and converging `portions forming, al l yoke, loopportions'formed at' the ends of the converging portions'and terminatingin parallel port-ions, a handle embracing the .ends of 'ends 4of theloopportions :parallel to each other,

lfposcd'in alplane at right angles to the plane e .ofthe leg portionsand terminatinglin loop lbi'ght portion.

Y. comprising 'ai yoketerminating at one end jin spaced v'grippingingerswith said fingers :secured 'to 4,11 device ofthe class.

-a.yoke, rigid' gripping members secured .the yoke, a bight "3the yokeand disposedin a-plane below -the rigid Igripping members and beyond the;termediate its ends on 'pivoted plate. being "gripping members.

endsofthe parallel portions and a plate piv?A1 otally m'o'funted on the.bight portion of the yok'ejfor cooperation' with the .loop portions.the- .character described, composed of a single piece of wire bent vin'-its ends to form' abight-portion, legsjextendingrearwardly from the-bight ing' a yoke, rigid' gripping members secured `to the yoke, avmovable gripping member .pivotally mounted on theyoke at a point. be-.yondrtlie ends ofthe gripping members, the 'rigid grippingfmembersbeing so` disposed with 'relation-to the Amovable member 'as 'toform-astop for the movable'grip'ping mem- `berfivhen, the instrument isin one position and to .copera't as a stationary arm with the moyablegripping member when the instrument is in anotherpos'ition.v

6.. A ldevice of the class described comprising a yoke, rigid grippingmembers secured to the yoke, a curved plate pivotally secured totheyokeintermediate the ends of the plate,'said plate being bifurcated atone end and 'being provided With astraight ,edge at its other'end forengagement with the rigid gripping members.

7.' A device of the class described comprisinga yoke, a curved platepivotally mounted .on'the yoke intermediate the end sof the plate, one'end of the plate being bifurcated and the other end of the plate beingstraight, loop' memberssecured to the yoke for -engadement with thestraight edge. of the pivotend plate to limit the movement thereof.

Intestimony whereof, I, havesigned'my name to this specification in thepresence of two `subscribing Witnesses, this 17thv day of ltfarch 1911-.

ALEXANDER ALTMANN'.

Vitnesses:

BRUNO REICHELT, J OHNE. MAYER.

tions, said "converging portionsnbeing dlis-y which extend forwardlyfrom the the converging portions, the free ,b 'eing Asubstantially and aplate bifurcated "atjone end. and pivotally mounted onv the portions,

. 3.,' A device Vof the character described 'terminating in a shank, 'ahandle to which thefsh'ank' is secured, and a lplate pivotally the yokeand bifurcated 'at' one endto provide spaced gripping fingers, saidplate beingA pivoted to the` yoke beyond.y the ends "of the spacedgripping members.

described. comprisportion also secured to ends of the latter, a curvedplate pivoted inthe bight portion, said l provided .at one end 'with abifurcationI and at its other eind with anf extension disposedv beneaththe rigid 5. A device of the class described compris-

